Ever wondered whether W. S. Graham liked to draw? Or what he made of flying? Or what kinds of spaces – real and imagined – are opened up by his tricky poetry? Come along on Friday to hear a group of people asking and answering these questions – and some others – as we celebrate […]
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Dr Sophie Seita publishes article about feminist forums and magazines (Fall 2018)
Dr Sophie Seita has published ‘The Politics of the Forum in Feminist Avant-Garde Magazines After 1980‘ in the Journal of Modern Literature, 42.1 (Fall 2018), pp. 163-182. Abstract Dissatisfied with the exclusion of women from preceding avant-gardes, the overlapping communities that formed around the feminist avant-garde magazines Chain, Raddle Moon, HOW(ever), and HOW2 attempted to forge […]
Continue ReadingDr Trudi Tate publishes an article about Vietnamese-American refugee writers Viet Nguyen and Thuy Le: ‘Living Afterwards’, November 2018
Dr Trudi Tate has published an article about Vietnamese-American refugee writers Viet Nguyen and Thuy Le: ‘Living Afterwards’, Book 2.0, 8:1-2 (2018).
Continue ReadingDylan Carver, Eliza Haughton-Shaw, Alexander Hobday and Ephraim Levinson speak at the British Society for 18th Century Studies Annual Conference, in a panel showcasing current PhD work in the Faculty, January 2019
Dylan Carver, Eliza Haughton-Shaw, Alexander Hobday and Ephraim Levinson are all speaking at the British Society for 18th Century Studies Annual Conference in Oxford, January 4-6, in a special panel showcasing current PhD work in the Faculty. The title of the panel is ‘Cultural Transformation in Later Eighteenth-Century Britain: New Directions from the University of […]
Continue ReadingConference registration open – A Good Death: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Dying Well, 10-11 January 2019
Conference registration open A Good Death: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Dying Well 10 January 2019 – 11 January 2019 Conference convenors: Dr Laura Davies and Dr Emma Salgard Cunha http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/27897 Dying well is an increasingly urgent and ubiquitous topic within discussions of ageing, palliative care, euthanasia, bereavement, grief, and mental health. This conference brings together researchers […]
Continue ReadingDr Trudi Tate publishes new book ‘A Short History of the Crimean War’, November 2018
Dr Trudi Tate has published a new book, A Short History of the Crimean War (I. B. Tauris, 2018). https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/A-Short-History-of-the-Crimean-War-by-Trudi-Tate/9781848858619
Continue ReadingLaunch party and reading: UN-TIER – A queer and feminist zine – Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio, Monday 26 November 2018, 8.30pm-10pm
Launch party and reading: UN-TIER A queer and feminist zine Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio Monday 26 November 2018, 8.30pm-10pm The zine will be available on the night for free With readings from participants of Sophie Seita’s MPhil seminar ‘Experimental Writing by Women’
Continue ReadingAnnouncing a fully-funded PhD, ‘Writing the Ethnological Museum’, based in the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
Applications are invited for ‘Writing the Ethnological Museum’, a fully-funded doctoral studentship based in the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. This studentship is provided through the Open-Oxford-Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership (OOC DTP), a consortium of the three universities for doctoral training and funding in […]
Continue ReadingLeverhulme Early Career Fellowships 2019
The Faculty of English and Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic welcomes applications from potential applicants for the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme 2019. The Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (ECF) is a highly prestigious and competitive, post-doctoral award for researchers who are near the start of their career. The Leverhulme Trust awards approximately 100 three-year […]
Continue ReadingDr Michael D. Hurley writes on why this is a doubly important year for Victorian poet G. M. Hopkins
Dr Michael D. Hurley has written on why this a doubly important year for Victorian poet G. M. Hopkins: https://catholicherald.co.uk/magazine/the-inspired-scribblings-of-englands-finest-catholic-poet/
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